Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park

A Beautiful National Park

We stopped a night at kalpower crossing - the tent sites were beautiful - lovely grassed areas with fire pit with a cooking plate. Manual flushing camp toilets and showers (basic). A very serene nigh...

Great for birders

Our time in the park, two days, was just fabulous but we are birders so there was plenty to see and do. If you aren’t into birds or fishing a drive through would probably be more than enough for you. ...

Nature at its best

Visited Rinyirru (Lake Emma and surrounds) whilst travelling along Battle Camp Road. Amazing wildlife and scenery that has to be seen to be believed. Will definitely be coming back to explore furthe...

Great roundtrip cooktown-Laura-Park-Hopevale-Cooktown

The roundtrip you can do in a day and visit Split-Rock as well. An interesting stop is the OldLaura Village Historical Site, where gold miners had their settlement and homestead. Under the building ar...

Splendid National Park

Relatively isolated to the northeast of Laura, Lakefield is only accessed by unsealed roads which are reasonably well maintained. The park commences about 30km from Laura with the park ranger station...